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H 2-1
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H 3-2
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A 0-1
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H 0-0
A 3-3
A 2-2
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A 3-1
A 1-0
H 3-0
H 0-1
H 3-0
H 2-1
A 0-3
A 1-1
H 2-1
A 5-1
H 3-1
H 1-1
A 0-0
A 1-2
H 2-1
H 0-2
H 1-0
A 0-1
H 0-1
A 0-2
H 3-1
A 1-4
H 1-2
H 0-2
H 1-1
A 0-3
H 1-0
H 0-4
A 1-1
A 0-2
H 1-2
H 1-1
A 0-4
A 2-4
H 1-2
A 1-1
A 1-2
H 3-1
A 1-6
H 0-1
A 1-2
H 0-0
A 2-3
H 3-1
H 2-2
A 0-4
A 0-2
N 2-4
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SEASON TICKET: Match Day Ticket
North & South Banks: 80p
West Enclosure: £1.00
East Enclosure: £1.00
West Stand:
A, B, D and E Blocks: £1.50
C Block: £2.00
East Stand: £2.00
Dearly Departed
Pre - Season Friendlies
START (Norway)
Kristiansand:
2-1 (Jennings, McDowell)
30th July 1975
Day, McDowell, Lampard, Holland, Taylor T., Lock, Taylor A., Paddon, Jennings, Brooking, Gould
SORRY NO IMAGE
LILLESTROM SPORTSKLUBB (Norway)
Lillestrom
4-1 (Paddon 2, Holland, Jennings)
31st July 1975
Day
McDowell
Lampard
Holland
Taylor T.
Lock (Coleman)
Taylor A.
Paddon
Jennings
Brooking
Gould
DERBY COUNTY : Charity Shield
Here Come Derby!
WHEN SUCH celebrated footballing artists as West Ham slump to become workaday artisans, when their finesse is forsaken in a hopeless, perspiring chase, then you know they have met a team that is something special. In the sauna bath heat of Wembley, they were confronted by Derby County, the League champions, in the F.A. Charity Shield.
The Hammers, whose last appearance in the famous stadium in May had won them the F.A. Cup, used two substitutes and tapped the depths of their enormous reserves of talent and stamina. And still they were given a footballing lessson by a team who can look forward to competition in the European Cup this season with confidence and pride. Not since the peaks of Manchester United, the rhythmic zenith of Leeds and the intricate skills of Celtic have I seen a British team play with such uncanny, almost telepathic understanding.
West Ham never had a chance.. despite their honest and admirable fight to the last gasp in sweltering conditions. In addition to all the Derby flair of last year's championship win. they were confronted by centre-half Roy McFarland, back to his best when this time last year he feared an ankle injury had finished his career, and Charlie George fitting in perfectly with the sweeping patterns of his new team-mates. As West Ham team manager John Lyall said so graciously "You are never involved in anything but good when you play Derby. They know what the game is all about: it's a game at skill. We have no complaints."
Derby's opening must have frightened the Hammers. It was sweeping, articulate, exciting as Archie Gemmlll, Francis Lee, Bruce Rioch, McFarland and tentatively at first, George knocked the ball around as though they had it on a length of string. In the 20th minute Charlie stole his way into the hearts of every sun-baked Derby supporter with a oa.ss so cleanly measured that the West Ham defence was totailv beaten and Kevin Hector hardly needed to adjust his stride before cutting into the penalty area and clipping the ball past Day from a sharp angle.
Derby's confidence zoomed to even higher planes. West Ham chased, but this was a nightmare in mid-afiernoon. Not even the fans were happy and they shouted their demands before half-time for Keith Robson to be introduced from the substitutes' bench. A header from Billy Jennings that bounced on the Derby bar could not silence them. But the marvellous McFarland did. He was up there and amongst It for David Nish's corner in the 43rd minute. Lee made a brilliant header into the goalmouth. With Day and his defenders scrambling about in desperate confusion. Hector tried to flick the ball home with a back heei. but It was deflected to McFarland, who clubbed the ball into goal from a couple of yards.
West Ham were hardly given a chance to put their game together. Rod Thomas made a cool, goalline clearance from Patsy Holland, and Colin Boulton plunged to save from Frank Lampard, but they looked like teams from different Divisions.
After 63 minutes West Ham heeded the cry from the terraces and sent on Robson in place of Bobby Gould. Keith Coleman followed to take over from Jennings, so at least the lesson of Derby's fine football had been shared by 13 of the East London team.
Soccer, with all it's ills, needed a good send off on its invasion into a summer still deeply immersed in the splendours of more leisurely sports. Derby served the game proudly.
STOKE CITY : Football League
Victoria Ground
2-1 (Gould, Taylor A.)
16th August 1975
Att: 23,744
Day
McDowell
Lampard
Holland
Taylor T.
Lock
Taylor A.
Paddon
Gould
Brooking
Robson
Speedy Alan dazzles Stoke
TWO flashes from Alan Taylor, the Eapier like West Ham forward pierced Stoke to the heart. The Lancaster boy who joined the F.A. Cup holders from Rochdale last November had far too much speed and penetration for a Stoke defence still in their summer dreams. His darts down either wing or through the middle had panicked Stoke several times before he struck in the 27th minute. He took a long ball from Frank Lampard down the left, outstripped two defenders and the cross was judged beautifully to evade Peter Shllton and meet the incoming Bobby Gould for the first goal. A minute before half-time he reversed roles. Patsy Holland made the break down the right and as the ball reached the near post. Taylor raced in so fast that Stoke centre half Dennis Smith, trying' to clear, poked the ball past Shilton. In attack Stoke forced too much responsibility on Terry Conroy as a goalmaker and taker although he was unlucky on three occasions to be foiled by Mervyn Day. Alan Hudson burst through once in tlie first half and forced Day into the best save of the match and Eric Skeels hit the West Ham bar from 23 yards. Sean Haslegrave was an energetic strike replacement for midfielder Skeels after an hour. But West Ham were already thinking of their journey back to London when Ian Moores headed in Hudson's corner kick
BRISTOL CITY : Football Combination
IPSWICH TOWN : South East Counties League Div I
Chadwell Heath
3-4
16th August 1975
WATFORD : Southern Junior Floodlit Cup (Preliminary Round)
Upton Park
0-2
13th October 1975
Our quick exit from the Southern Junior Floodlit Cup was completely unexpected by pre-match reckoning, for we fielded seven apprentices among the XI which met Watford Youth at Upton Park. But at no stage did we play convincingly, and the visiting 'keeper dealt very adequately with scoring efforts which were on target; those which went high and wide reflected a generally dismal performance. Watford's second goal on the stroke of time only added to a desolate score-line after a much-below-par display.
